A medieval French castle dripping with history — and possibly Napoleon’s hidden gold — is for sale, asking $3.8 million.

The book, published in 1838, 17 years after Napoleon's death in exile, is a compilation of aphorisms Balzac attributed to France's former emperor. The author wrote in a letter to Ewelina Hańska ...

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In Linda Joan Smith’s “The Peach Thief,” an orphaned girl posing as a boy raids an English Eden. By Jennifer Howard Leonard S. Marcus brings the wonder of a 1968 snapshot to a new ...

President Donald Trump once again shared an ominous quote from Napoleon Bonaparte in an apparent defense of his refusal to acknowledge court rulings that would otherwise halt his executive orders.

The 'who saves his country is above the law' phrase first appeared in the book Maximes et pensées de Napoléon (Napoleon's mottos and thoughts) by the writer Honoré de Balzac, published in 1833.

President Trump said over the weekend his work to “save” the country gives him legal leeway. “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” Trump posted Saturday to Truth Social and X.

Donald Trump appeared to paraphrase French authoritarian leader Napoleon Bonaparte Saturday, and prompted several reactions that ranged from support to confusion to ridicule. “He who saves his ...

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The quote from a president with his own imperial ambitions appeared to come from the 1970 film Waterloo, in which Steiger’s Napoleon states that he “did not ‘usurp’ the crown.” ...

Although its exact origins are unclear, the quote is often attributed to Napoleon, the French general who effectively declared himself emperor in the early 1800s. The White House declined to ...